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Theodore Roosevelt asks his sister to send an enclosure to Monroe Douglas Robinson. He writes that he has asked himself to lunch with her and mentions that he had dinner with Frances Theodora Parsons recently.
1918-07-15
Theodore Roosevelt expresses concern over his sister’s eye problems and Douglas Robinson’s fall. He writes that Edgar Lee Masters visited and that Ethel Roosevelt has left. Roosevelt mentions a lunch with Theodore Douglas Roosevelt and John King.
1918-07-03
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his sister for her letter and enclosures. He informs her of his travel plans for the next month and makes plans to see her when he returns.
1918-05-23
Theodore Roosevelt makes plans with his sister and praises her son, Monroe Douglas Robinson.
1918-04-24
Theodore Roosevelt asks his sister to read the enclosed letter to poet John Masefield and send it on to him. Roosevelt also inquires if she and Douglas Robinson would bring Masefield to Sagamore Hill to dine.
1918-05-10
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister that he wrote to Monroe Douglas Roosevelt and will write to “Mrs. Rea.” Roosevelt mentions that his sons, Theodore Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt, are probably in battle, and also makes plans to visit his sister with Frances Theodora Parsons.
1918-04-05
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his sister for her letter and writes of his plans to go to Maine. Roosevelt makes dining plans for when he returns in two weeks.
1918-03-23
Theodore Roosevelt shares his thoughts on his sister’s poetry and inquires about dining plans during his upcoming visit.
1917-12-04
Theodore Roosevelt agrees to arrangements for a Bazaar and writes that he is coming to visit with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He notes that he and Edith enjoyed his sister’s most recent poem and asks her to invite Frances Theodora Parsons to breakfast. Roosevelt mentions his admiration for Monroe Douglas Robinson and his wife, Dorothy.
1917-11-21
Theodore Roosevelt agrees to meet his sister and Patty Selmes at the Langdon on Thursday. He mentions that Monroe Douglas Robinson and his wife visited for the christening of his granddaughter, Edith Derby.
1917-11-05
Theodore Roosevelt makes plans to visit with his sister and writes that he enjoyed their lunch.
1917-11-09
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister that he will attend an event with her.
1917-10-19
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his sister for her letter and writes that he enjoyed seeing Theodore Douglas Robinson at the Harvard Club and is glad that he joined the Grange. Roosevelt asks if his sister has written to General Bell, who is ready to go abroad. Roosevelt also admires Anna Roosevelt Cowles’ “heroic spirit” and mentions correspondence he has received updating him on his family’s activities.
1917-09-01
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his sister for an invitation to her home, but declines. He writes of pressure to publicly support John Purroy Mitchel’s mayoral campaign, but insists that his support would do more harm than good.
1917-10-05
Theodore Roosevelt encloses a note to “Jones” and asks his sister to read it. Roosevelt tells her of issues in publishing and asks her to let him know the details of breakfast plans they had arranged.
1917-01-20
President Roosevelt and his wife are distressed and sorry about the news his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson sent, and asks for news about the “dear little fellow.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-05
President Roosevelt asks his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to give the enclosure to Maud Nathan, and tells her he is looking forward to seeing her later in the month.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-20
President Roosevelt describes the family’s “ideal” Christmas celebrations to his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. He asks Robinson to find out how her son, Monroe Douglas Robinson, could bear being seen with Roosevelt’s son, Ted Roosevelt, when Ted was wearing “such as cap as he seems to have carried.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-26
President Roosevelt sends his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson $10, which he asks her to forward as a gift to the aged former servant of the Roosevelt family, Dora Watkins. Roosevelt wishes he could be with Corinne and her family over the Christmas holiday season.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-22
Margaret Mott thanks Corinne Roosevelt Robinson for the five dollars she sent to Dora Watkins. Watkins often thinks about when she was the nurse of Theodore Douglas Robinson and how smart he was as a child, just like his child, Douglas Robinson. Anna Roosevelt Cowles also sent Watkins twenty-five dollars and a “lovely letter.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-21